University of California Santa Cruz Tuition And Fees

University of California Santa Cruz Tuition And Fees

UCSC Undergraduate Students

  • $0 – Registration Fee (no registering, enroll like the rest of the year)
  • $321.90 – Campus Fee (mandatory for all courses including remote)
  • $279 – Tuition per credit (the same for both in and out-of-state students)
  • Minus $680 off 15 credits or more – Ambitious Summer Discount!

Visiting Students  from other UC and other colleges and universities

  • $50 – Registration Fee
  • $321.90 – Campus Fee (mandatory for all courses including remote)
  • $279 – Tuition per credit (the same for both in and out-of-state students)
  • Minus $680 off 15 credits or more completed – Ambitious Summer Discount!

UCSC and Visiting Student Fees Table

CreditsTuitionTuition + Campus Fee
2$558$879.90
3$837$1,158.90
4$1,116$1,437.90
5$1,395$1,716.90
6$1,674$1,995.90
7$1,953$2,274.90
8$2,232$2,553.90
9$2,511$2,832.90
10$2,790$3,111.90
11$3,069$3,390.90
12$3,348$3,669.90
13$3,627$3,948.90
14$3,906$4,227.90
Ambitious Summer Discount applied to 15 or more credits*
15$4,185 $3,505$3,826.90
16$4,464 $3,784$4,105.90 
17$4,743 $4,063$4,384.90 
For Summer term 2022, there is a tuition cap**
18$5,022 $4190$4,511.90
20$5,580 $4190$4,511.90
25$6,975 $4190$4,511.90
30$8,370 $4190$4,511.90

*Cross-outs up to 17 credits indicate the total after the Ambitious Summer Discount.
**No student will be charged more than the Spring 2022 tuition of $4,190, so the total tuition plus the mandatory campus fee for 18+ credits is $4,511.90. 

Campus Fee 

The Campus Fee is mandatory for students enrolled in credits (on-campus, remotely, and online). It is charged every quarter at UC Santa Cruz. The only exception is for newly admitted students taking the one-credit Slug Orientation Course (with nothing added).

The Campus Fee is not a fee for usage of the campus. It is a campus-based fee, meaning it varies across the UC system’s different campuses, charged by all UCs, all quarters, and semesters.  

Our Campus Fee is a culmination of fees that UCSC students have self-assessed to fund services, resources, and projects that they have approved by votes of the student body and ratified by the Senate, approved by the Chancellor, and ultimately, the President of the University of California. Visit the 2022 fee breakdown for extensive details.

See Also:

University of California Santa Cruz Course Offered

University of California Santa Cruz Admission Requirement